Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul Member of the Board of Directors of the Jacques Delors Institute. Deputy Secretary General for the Citizens Consultations on Europe, former deputy Head of the European Commission Representation in France Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul holds a degree in political science from the University of Liège and an MPhil and a DPhil in European politics and society from Oxford University. Her research focused on policy formation in the European Union, and more particularly on education policy. From 1999 to 2002, she was in charge of the team for “European and international affairs”, in the cabinet of the Belgian Vice-Prime Minister Isabelle Durant, also Minister for Mobility and Transport. She acted, among other things, as a coordinator during the Belgian presidency of the EU Council. As an adviser for institutional matters, she represented the Vice-Prime Minister in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Nice and the Laeken Declaration. Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul then joined the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture where she was, among other things, in charge of the accession negotiations with the applicant countries for audiovisual matters. She also assumed the coordination of an interservice group on intercultural dialogue. In April 2004, she became Secretary General at Jacques Delors Institute. Beyond the management of the Institute, she initiated several projects such as the Think Global Act European report or the Etats Généraux de l’Europe. She also published several studies on institutional and democracy issues. In 2011, she published a book at Larcier entitled Pour une Fédération européenne Page 1/4 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul Member of the Board of Directors of the Jacques Delors Institute. d’Etats-nations: la vision de Jacques Delors revisitée. Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul joined the European Commission Representation in Paris in 2011, where she was successively political analyst, acting Head of the Representation and then deputy Head and responsible for the political sector. Beyond her functions of management and representation, she was involved in numerous projects linked to communicating Europe in France and citizens’ participation, such as la Fête de l’Europe in Paris, the organization of Citizens’ dialogues or Les Décodeurs de l’Europe. She speaks publicly on many occasions, in conferences or the media. She has also taught in la Sorbonne, Sciences Po Lille and Dijon. She has now joined the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs where she holds the position of Deputy Secretary general for the Citizens’consultations on Europe. Page 2/4 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul Member of the Board of Directors of the Jacques Delors Institute. Bibliographie Paul De Grauwe , Daniel Gros , Jutta Haug , Alain Lamassoure , Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , Eulalia Rubio , Guy Verhofstadt , Carole Perrin , "Report Haug, Lamassoure, Verhofstadt: Europe for Growth : Towards a radical change in financing the EU", Report, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 06/04/2011 Goran von Sydow , Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "From institutional Reform to Mass Politics or How to Engage Citizens in the Union of Lisbon", Brief, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 03/11/2010 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "European elections: Five reflections for discussion", Other document, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 08/07/2009 Daniel Gros , Hans Martens , Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , André Sapir , "Open Letter on the European Response to the Financial Crisis", Other document, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 15/12/2008 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "The French Presidency of the EU Council: a big boat in stormy weather"", Other document, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 18/08/2008 Elvire Fabry , Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "The French Presidency of the EU Council", Brief, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 04/07/2008 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "Revising the European treaties : the Convention moment", Policy Paper, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 09/11/2007 Yves Bertoncini , Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "1st European Estates General: Proud to be European?", Other document, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 02/07/2007 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "The Constitutional Treaty and the June Summit: A way forward?", Brief, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 07/06/2007 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , Morgan Larhant , "How to Explain the Unexpected: An Assessment of the French Constitutional Referendum", Policy Paper, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 01/06/2007 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "Europe in the French Presidential Elections: Side Show, Fall Guy or Just Page 3/4 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul Member of the Board of Directors of the Jacques Delors Institute. Conspicuous by its Absence?", Policy Paper, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 17/04/2007 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , Guillaume Klossa , Sylvie Goulard , "European Estates General: 3000 participants relaunch the debate", Other document, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 19/03/2007 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , EPIN , "A Citizens Compact: Reaching out to the Citizens of Europe", Policy Paper, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 03/01/2007 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "Is Politisation Good or Bad for the Union?", Other document, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 06/10/2006 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "The Constitutional Treaty: What Now?", Other document, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 08/06/2006 Paul Damm , Morgan Larhant , Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "The Vision of Europe in the New Member States", Report, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 06/06/2006 Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul , "The French "no" vote of 29 May 2005: understand, act", Report, Paris, Institut Jacques Delors, 18/10/2005 Page 4/4.